#BCD255#BCD255

#BCD255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.152 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD255
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -24.71, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 63.00, 113.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0718 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.152 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4261, 57.4408, 17.2867)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD255 #6B55D2

analogous

#D2A955 #BCD255 #7DD255

triadic

#BCD255 #55BCD2 #D255BC

tetradic

#BCD255 #55D2A9 #6B55D2 #D2557D

square

#BCD255 #55D2A9 #6B55D2 #D2557D

split-complementary

#BCD255 #557DD2 #A955D2

monochromatic

#778824 #A1B931 #BCD255 #CFDF85 #E2ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#BCD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD255

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD255	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.152 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8a',
    500: '#bcd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd255;
$custom-light: #d3df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.56,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82275,
    "c": 0.15165,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD255

secondary

#4B3C8F

accent

#46E162

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD255

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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